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Aberdeen MD Jollie joins FSC board

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... director Robin Burns, UBS Global Asset Management Australia managing director Ben Heap, Vanguard chairman and managing director John James, Perpetual chief executive and managing director Geoff Lloyd, Commonwealth Bank group executive of wealth management ...

AMP adds four NZ advice firms to network

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... practises joining its AdviceFirst network. Majority-owned by the AMP Group, AdviceFirst has recently completed acquisitions of John Grogan Insurances Ltd, Advice 4 U, Bob Edwards Insurance and Investments Ltd and Colin Strang Financial Services Ltd. ...

ASIC issues governance warning on local emerging market companies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... is because we want investors to be confident and informed when putting their money in these companies," ASIC commissioner John Price said. As at November 2012, ASIC identified 760 ASX-listed companies that reported having an accounting segment or subsidiaries ...

Gunns chairman avoids jail for insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
Former Gunns chairman John Eugene Gay has avoided jail and instead been fined $50,000 and banned from managing a corporation for five years. Gay is the most senior executive to be convicted of insider trading in Australia and pleaded guilty to the crime ...

Queensland adviser permanently banned

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... inappropriate and unreasonable advice. ASIC's investigation found that between October 2010 and August 2012, Brisbane-based Bradley John Lofts provided inappropriate and unreasonable advice to 50 clients without determining the clients' personal circumstances. ...

Investors demand more clarity on carbon exposures

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... avoid having to answer the material questions around climate change that the beneficiaries are already asking," AODP chair John Hewson said. "Members of these funds want to know their high carbon exposures, what the funds are doing to prevent investment ...

FSC to support Indigenous financial literacy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... a transaction account, insurance and a moderate amount of credit can make a significant difference," FSC chief executive John Brogden said. FNF chairperson Paul Briggs added: "Knowledge and confidence in using money, the financial system and its products ...

Credit Suisse to launch small-cap business with First NZ Capital

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... chief executive Rob Stewart, who will become chairman of the new business, said. First NZ Capital chief executive Scott St John, who will lead the new venture added: "We are looking forward to addressing the significant potential this market segment ...

'Business as usual' for Perennial despite legal bid

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... despite a failed bid for $35 million in unpaid fees by three former directors. Executives Mike Crivelli, Anthony Patterson, John Murray and Kerry Series originally sold their 21.85% stake in Perennial to IOOF in 2006 for $67.9 million. The deal included ...

New fund launched for wealthy migrants

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... million or more in complying investments for a minimum of four years. The 888 Fund has been developed by Perth businessman John Garland, who launched the fund this week during a visit to China. The fund can be used by investors looking to settle in any ...